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Timeline: How Apple Is Piecing Together its Secret Healthcare Plan
Rumors are at a fever pitch that Apple has big plans for healthcare, including putting a medical record on the iPhone, possibly acquiring its way into the EHR market. From its leap into healthcare in 2014 with its HealthKit application programming interface in September 2014 to the June 19 revelation of Apple’s work with the tiny start-up Health Gorilla, Apple has made a series of moves in healthcare that clearly indicate the company has plans for the space that will somehow manifest on its mega-popular iPhone and iPad products. Here’s a look at how Apple got to where it is today in healthcare...
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Top 5 Government Health IT Stories Of The Summer
Call it the season of interoperability. That was the biggest topic of the summer among Government Health IT readers...
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VA to Go Live with Online Appointment Scheduling in January
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs expects to be able to roll out new app software nationwide to enable online appointment scheduling beginning this January. Patients initially will be able to set up primary-care appointments via an app that will be available on their computers, phones or tablets, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The agency will look to extend that functionality to optometry, audiology and mental-health appointments...
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VMware Launches Analytics For Healthcare Providers
VMware has launched its first application-oriented analytics system, Care Systems Analytics, that is aimed at a specific industry -- healthcare...
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Wake Forest Baptist Feels Financial Impact Of Epic Adoption
Still working to recover from operating losses associated with implementing Epic EHR system into Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, the head of the healthcare organization remains optimistic that the decision to go and stick with Epic will pay off in the long run. Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist Has Cost Overruns, Revenue Loss With Electronic Records System
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s struggles to implement its Epic electronic records system contributed to additional costs and lost revenue during the first half of its fiscal year 2012-13. Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist IT Director Stepping Down
The chief information officer for Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is stepping down, effective May 31, the center confirmed Friday. Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Announces Cost-Cutting Measures Through June
The workforce at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is paying a paycheck price to make up for the financial shortcomings to date of its Epic electronic records system. Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Reports Third-Quarter Overall Loss
The rollout of the Epic electronic health records system contributed to a worsening of the current financial performance of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist Still Recovering From Epic Disruptions
Still recovering from the costly implementation of a new electronic medical records system, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center will post an operating loss this fiscal year, medical center officials told investors Monday. Read More »
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Wake Forest Baptist's Transition To EHR Causes Financial Hit
Yet another provider is facing unanticipated struggles with electronic health record system adoption. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is blaming additional costs and lost revenue on the 2012 implementation of its Epic EHR, according to an article in the Winston-Salem Journal. Read More »
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Warren: VistA Is Here To Stay
The Pentagon eliminated a bid for an open-source health record solution based on the VISTA software developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs from its $11 billion electronic health record procurement, but that doesn't mean VA is going to shift gears in the future. "I do not see the VA moving away from VISTA," Steph Warren, acting CIO at the VA, said on a March 19 call with reporters. Read More »
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While Waiting for a State Health-Records Exchange, Medical Society Launches One
Electronic medical records have become common, but the ability to share them easily between providers still lags. Frustrated that after 10 years of effort the state of Connecticut has yet to launch a functioning health information exchange (HIE) allowing physicians, hospitals and other health care providers to share patient medical records, the Connecticut Medical Society is offering one of its own. Available to all clinicians in the state and called CTHealthLink, it is based on a system currently used in Kansas...
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Why Computerized Medical Records Are Bad for Both You and Your Doctor
We should not click for cash, but for care. We can use the data to benefit the patient-and the medical professionals...The EMR could have been a lifesaver. It still can be. If we get rid of on-screen, for-profit billing, and use electronic screens exclusively for care, we solve a lot of problems. We could create a true national health care system, modeled after our existing two national systems-Medicare/Medicaid and the VA. As in all other national systems, each procedure would cost about the same all over the country. On longitudinal charts showing the health of Americans as they age, a sharp rise in good health suddenly increases at age 65, when Medicare kicks in. Read More »
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Why Making the Case for Interoperability Standards Is Needed
It's buzzy. It's the fly in the ointment for many and vendors swear it's seriously. just. about. to. gain. traction. Interoperability. Thinking about the topic is daunting itself but for those on the frontlines of care delivery and for patients, its increasingly becoming necessary as the healthcare industry enters into a more networked era. When we last checked in on interoperability, the industry was touting the massive adoption of EHRs...
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